Walter D’Cruz

Systems · Technology · People

Disruptive technology.
Better systems.
Broader prosperity.

I challenge legacy systems and apply technology to build alternatives that are more open, transparent, efficient and equitable.

Systems · Technology · People
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Built, launched and operating in the real world.

A selection of ventures and products focused on financial infrastructure, software and better ways of organising complex systems.

Financial infrastructure

Nexsett

Institutional settlement infrastructure for high-value, recurrent cross-border payments — designed around execution, trust and better settlement outcomes.

Design Soft

Corroboree

Conversation and transcription software built around useful capture, clarity and control.

Design Soft

Digital Paper

Practical digital workflow software with a deliberate bias toward simplicity.

Software studio

Design Soft

A focused home for small, useful software products without unnecessary complexity.

Experience where technology, infrastructure and commercial judgement meet.

Selective board and strategic advisory work for organisations navigating change, complexity and new infrastructure.

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Board & Governance

NED and board-level contribution where judgement, challenge and accountability matter.

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Payments & Financial Infrastructure

Settlement, cross-border payments, regulated markets and evolving financial rails.

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Technology & Transformation

Practical technology strategy, product direction and digital operating-model change.

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Partnerships & Commercial Models

Go-to-market, strategic partnerships and commercial structures for complex ecosystems.

Small software, deliberately built.

Useful products. Clear purpose. No unnecessary complexity.

Design Soft is where I build focused software with a bias toward simplicity, ownership and practical usefulness — making specific things work better, without unnecessary complexity.

Product 01

Corroboree

Conversation and transcription software built around capture, clarity and control.

Product 02

Digital Paper

Practical digital workflow software designed to keep useful work simple and accessible.

Ideas about systems, infrastructure and what should replace what no longer works.

Writing & Media

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Builder. Systems thinker. Operator.

I work where technology, infrastructure and commercial systems meet — building, challenging and reshaping the structures organisations rely on.

My work spans financial infrastructure, software, partnerships and governance. The common thread is a belief that technology matters most when it improves the system around it: making it clearer, more resilient, more open and more useful to people.

The objective is not disruption for its own sake. It is to build better systems where the old ones no longer serve the people, organisations or markets that depend on them.